Three CA Firefighters Hurt in 2-Alarm Bakery Fire

Sept. 20, 2019
As many as 50 workers at the Bimbo Bakery in Montebello were able to escape the burning building before crews arrived at the scene Thursday night.

Three firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm bakery fire in California on Thursday.

The blaze broke out just before 8 p.m. at Bimbo Bakery in Montebello, KTLA-TV reports. As many as 50 workers were inside the bakery when a hopper caught fire, and they were able to escape the burning building before crews arrived.

One firefighter suffered a soft tissue injury while battling the blaze, and another was treated for heat exhaustion at the scene. A third firefighter suffered an electrical shock, and video footage from a KCBS-TV helicopter showed paramedics wheeling an individual on a gurney and placing that person in an ambulance.

Crews had the fire under control in about an hour, and the cause of the blaze is under investigation, KTLA added.